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Writing Workshop Pack
This 39 page writing workshop resource is packed with
rubrics, resources, posters, information, and more to support you in
writer's workshop.
Teach the Traits of Ideas Mini Lesson
Unit
Are you looking for fresh ways to teach the trait of ideas?
Do you need to fit lessons into a writing workshop structure? This
is a 23 day unit plan with writing mini lessons focusing on finding
writing ideas. This unit includes 6 writing project ideas. The unit
is adjustable for grades 3 to 6. Teach all of the lessons, or pick
and choose which lessons will work best for you. All of the lessons
are short and simple. Most of the lessons require little or no
preparation.
Writing Workshop Peer Critique
Discussion Cards
Help your students focus their writing discussions during
critique groups with 24 peer critique discussion cards. Print them
out and laminate them for durability. Great for 4th - 12th grades!
Writing Storyboard for Students
Available in PowerPoint 2003 & 2007. Students read and follow
the directions on the PowerPoint slides, and fill in the slides with
information about their story in order to create a story board. This
activity helps students to organize their thinking and get them
ready for writing. Add this PowerPoint to your student computers and
use it as a center / station activity or use it as a shared writing
model.
Writing Smartmarks: Bookmarks with a
Teaching Point
Smartmarks are bookmarks students use to mark
their place and make notes when they find specific information. Each
Smartmark gives the student a task to complete during their reading.
This set of Smartmarks is designed to help students notice
techniques used by writers. Included in this set are similes,
dialogue tags, dialogue action tags, complex sentences, metaphors,
personification, commas, and sentence fragments.
Punctuation in Dialogue PowerPoint
(03/07)
Teach your students the parts of dialogue, punctuation within
dialogue, how to notice and pay attention to written dialogue in
stories, and how to write their own dialogue. This zip file comes
with a PowerPoint (2003 & 2007 versions + a pdf that can be used as
transparencies) presentation that will help you introduce dialogue.
The presentation includes quotes from literature and student tasks
for writing and revision.
Personal Narrative Writing Pack
This 8 page Personal Narrative Pack is a lesson plan unit
gives you a basic structure to model, teach, and assign personal
narrative papers. It includes a instructions, handouts, list of
publishing options, list of prompts, and a rubric for grading.
Multi-Genre Writing Project
This 10 page Multi Genre Writing Project is a flexible,
generic project that can be adjusted to fit upper elementary, middle
school, high school, or college classes. This project is can be used
in English / Language Arts classes as well as content specific
course. In essences, students read and research a topic or theme,
and write three pieces based on their topic in three different
genres. This unit includes: introduction, genre and topic charts,
instructions, and student handouts.
6 Traits of Writing Posters
Hang these colorful 6 Traits of Writing posters in your
classroom and refer to them as needed.
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Student Writing
Survey
My Writing Project
Tell students to fill out this form and attach it
to each complete writing project. This form requires students to
record their project as well as keep rough drafts and final
copies together.
TMAP Poster
TMAP stands for topic, mode, audience, and
purpose. Help students get focused by creating a TMAP for
each writing project. TMAP is an original Teaching eVentures
acronym.
Revision Poster
This poster uses the word "revise" as an acronym
to help students think about ways to revise their papers.
Sentences Category Board
Make a copy of our category board for each
student. Cut out the cards and place them (mixed up) into an
envelope (one copy of cut out cards per envelope). Tell students
to place the cards "Sentence" and "Not a Sentence" at the top of
their desk to make two columns. They should read each card and
place it in the correct category. You can quickly check to see
if students can tell the difference between a complete sentence
and sentence fragment with this hands-on activity.
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